List of coats of arms with Hanau rafters

Spreading Hanauer rafters

The list of coats of arms with Hanau rafters includes all official coats of arms that have the heraldic figure of the rafters in the colors of the coat of arms of the County of Hanau (three red rafters on a gold background) as a component. The coat of arms was after the death of the last Hanau Count Johann Reinhard III. 1736 integrated into their coat of arms by his heirs Hessen-Kassel and Hessen-Darmstadt .

In areas that formerly belonged to the county, the Hanauer rafters have been included in numerous municipal coats of arms in Hesse , Rhineland-Palatinate , Alsace , Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria . In the Middle Ages , the core area of the county was initially in the northern Spessart region and southern Wetterau . The Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg, who inherited the rule of Lichtenberg in northern Alsace, were responsible for the wide geographical distribution of the coat of arms .

A number of representations of corresponding coats of arms have been preserved on and in historical buildings.

Coat of arms of the Lords and Counts of Hanau

coat of arms	Origin / characteristics
	Coat of arms of Hanau until 1429, Hanau until 1458, Hanau-Münzenberg until 1559 and Hanau-Lichtenberg until 1480
	Coat of arms of the County of Hanau-Münzenberg (1559–1642)
	Coat of arms of Katharina Belgica of Nassau-Orange as Countess of Hanau
	Coat of arms of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1480–1590)
	Coat of arms of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1590–1606)
	Coat of arms of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1606–1642)
	Coat of arms of the County of Hanau (1642–1736)

Coat of arms of the successors of the Counts of Hanau

coat of arms	Origin / characteristics
	Coat of arms of the Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel (1736–1803)
	Coat of arms of the County of Hanau as Hessen-Kassel secondary school (1764–1785)
	Coat of arms of the Electorate of Hesse-Kassel (1803-1806)
	Coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt (1810–1814)
	Coat of arms of the Electorate of Hesse-Kassel (1815–1866)
	Coat of arms of the Landgraves of Hessen-Kassel-Rumpenheim (after 1917)
	Coat of arms of the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt (1736–1804)
	Coat of arms of the Landgraviate and the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt (1804–1808)
	Coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt (1902–1918)
	Coat of arms of the Landgraviate of Hessen-Homburg (1736–1866)
	Coat of arms of the Landgraviate of Hessen-Philippsthal (around 1866)
	Coat of arms of the Hanau-Hořovice dynasty
	Coat of arms of the Electorate of Baden (1803) here field XIV. Lichtenau rule
	Coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Baden (1803-1830) here field 23 (Lichtenau)

Municipal coat of arms

Counties

City / place name, administrative area	Brief description	corporation	Country / State	Origin / characteristics
Alzenau district in Lower Franconia	Together with the Mainz wheel in the upper part, heraldic left field	Altkreis	Bavaria	Goes back to Hanau ownership in the open court . Until the territorial reform in 1972.
District of Kehl	Quartered with heart sign, Hanauer rafters at the top right and bottom left	Altkreis	Baden-Württemberg	Covers parts of the former county of Hanau-Lichtenberg
District of Schlüchtern	Quartered, Hanauer rafters top right	Altkreis	Hesse	Covers parts of the former county of Hanau-Munzenberg. Until the territorial reform in 1974.
Southwest Palatinate district		circle	Rhineland-Palatinate	Covers parts of the former county of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Association municipalities

City / place name, administrative area	corporation	Country / State	Origin / characteristics
Pirmasens land	Association municipality	Rhineland-Palatinate	Formerly the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Thaleischweiler frogs	former association municipality	Rhineland-Palatinate	Formerly the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg. Until the merger with VG Wallhalben on July 1, 2014
Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben	Association municipality	Rhineland-Palatinate	Formerly the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg

cities and communes

City / place name, administrative area	corporation	Country / State	Origin / characteristics
Babenhausen	city	Hesse	Main town of the Babenhausen office
Bad Vilbel	city	Hesse	Condominate; temporarily between Hanau-Münzenberg and Eppstein (red / white rafters)
Donsieders	Local parish	Rhineland-Palatinate	Formerly the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Drusenheim	local community	Bas-Rhin department ( F )	Formerly the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Duntzenheim	local community	Bas-Rhin department (F)	Formerly the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Eppenbrunn	Local parish	Rhineland-Palatinate	Office of Lemberg, County of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Etting	local community	Department Moselle (F)	Formerly the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Groß-Umstadt	city	Hesse	Part of the Umstadt condominium
Hammersbach	local community	Hesse	Formerly the county of Hanau-Munzenberg
Hanau	city	Hesse	Redesigned in 1905 by Adolf Matthias Hildebrandt by omitting some unhistorical elements.
Help	Local parish	Rhineland-Palatinate	Formerly the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Altitude	Local parish	Rhineland-Palatinate	Formerly the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg
High frogs	Local parish	Rhineland-Palatinate	Formerly the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Kalbach	local community	Hesse	Formerly the county of Hanau-Munzenberg
Crops	Local parish	Rhineland-Palatinate	Formerly the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Lviv	Local parish	Rhineland-Palatinate	Formerly the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Mertzwiller	local community	Bas-Rhin department	Formerly Merzweiler , Pfaffenhofen Office , County Hanau-Lichtenberg
Münchweiler on the Rodalb	Local parish	Rhineland-Palatinate	The village was actually divided, which is also reflected in the coat of arms: One part belonged to the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg, the other to the margraviate of Baden .
Nidderau	city	Hesse	The rafters were taken from the local coats of arms of Windecken and Ostheim (both Office Windecken , County Hanau-Munzenberg ) in the city coat of arms.
Topsimps	Local parish	Rhineland-Palatinate	Formerly the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Offendorf	local community	Bas-Rhin department (F)	Formerly the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Philippsbourg	local community	Department Moselle (F)	Formerly the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Reinhardsmunster	local community	Bas-Rhin department (F)	Formerly the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Riedelberg	Local parish	Rhineland-Palatinate	Formerly the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Rieneck	city	Bavaria	The Hanau rafters together with the Rienecker beams, from which they were derived, and the Mainz wheel
Roedermark	city	Hesse
Rosbach vor der Höhe	city	Hesse	Rodheim Office , County of Hanau-Munzenberg
Ruppertsweiler	Local parish	Rhineland-Palatinate	Formerly the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Schaafheim	local community	Hesse	Formerly County Hanau-Lichtenberg, Amt Babenhausen
Schweix	Local parish	Rhineland-Palatinate	Formerly the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Sinntal	local community	Hesse	Formerly the county of Hanau-Munzenberg
Steinau an der Straße	city	Hesse	Second residence of the County of Hanau-Munzenberg
Schweyen	local community	Lorraine	Until 1606 to the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Trulben	local community	Rhineland-Palatinate	Formerly: County of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Vinningen	Local parish	Rhineland-Palatinate	Formerly the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Places and districts

City / place name, administrative area	Brief description	corporation	Country / State
Altheim	District of Münster (Hessen)	Hesse	formerly the Babenhausen office of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg. The municipality of Münster has adopted the Hanau swan without rafters in the coat of arms.
Bimbach	District of Großenlüder	Hesse	Formerly the county of Hanau-Munzenberg
Butter City	District of Bruchköbel	Hesse	formerly County of Hanau-Munzenberg
Dorheim	District of Friedberg	Hesse	County of Hanau-Munzenberg, Dorheim Office
Dudenhofen	District of Rodgau	Hesse	Condominium with Grafschaft Isenburg u. a., Hanau part: County Hanau-Lichtenberg, Amt Babenhausen
Erlenbrunn	District of Pirmasens	Rhineland-Palatinate	Office of Lemberg, County of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Gel hair	District of Ortenberg	Hesse	Real divided between Hanau and Isenburg . The Hanau-Munzenberg part belonged to the Ortenberg office .
Gim board	District of Berstett	Alsace , France	Part of the Hanau-Lichtenberger Office Buchsweiler
Ginnheim	District of Frankfurt	Hesse	Part of the Hanau-Munzenberger Office Bornheimerberg
Harreshausen	District of Babenhausen	Hesse	Office of Babenhausen, County of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Hohatzenheim	Part of the Communauté de communes du Pays de la Zorn	Bas-Rhin department (F)	formerly Hanau-Lichtenberg county, half a rafter on the right, the lion of the Lichtenberg rule on the left
Kleestadt	District of Groß-Umstadt	Hesse	initially part of the Umstadt condominium , later Babenhausen (County Hanau-Lichtenberg)
Langstadt	District of Babenhausen	Hesse	Office of Babenhausen, County of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Massenheim	District of Bad Vilbel	Hesse	Office Bornheimerberg, County Hanau-Munzenberg
Ober-Roden	District of Rödermark	Hesse	County of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Ostheim	District of Nidderau	Hesse	Formerly County Hanau-Munzenberg, Windecken office
Reitwiller	District of Berstett	Alsace , France	Part of the Hanau-Lichtenberger Office Buchsweiler
Rodheim before the height	District of Rosbach vor der Höhe	Hesse	Part of the Hanau-Munzenberger Office Rodheim
sand	District of Willstätt	Baden-Württemberg	Formerly the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Schlierbach	District of Schaafheim	Hesse	Formerly the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Schwalheim	District of Bad Nauheim	Hesse	Formerly County Hanau-Munzenberg, Amt Dorheim
Thaleischweiler	District	Rhineland-Palatinate	Former condominium of the Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg and the Counts of Leiningen
Thaleischweiler frogs	local community	Rhineland-Palatinate	Formerly: County of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Thalfrogs	District	Rhineland-Palatinate	Formerly: County of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Wind corners	District of Nidderau	Hesse	Formerly the county of Hanau-Münzenberg, capital of the Windecken office
wolfgang	District of Hanau	Hesse	Formerly the county of Hanau-Munzenberg
Tiny	District of Pirmasens	Rhineland-Palatinate	Formerly the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Color variants

coat of arms	Origin / characteristics
	Coat of arms of the barons of Haynau with swapping colors (black instead of red)
	Coat of arms of Her (r) lisheim in the Bas-Rhin department in the Alsace region in France, formerly: County Hanau-Lichtenberg, with interchanging colors (blue instead of red)

Other coats of arms

The Hanau rafters have been widely distributed from the municipal coats of arms, especially in local associations. In Hanau these are z. B. the volunteer fire brigade, the Hanau history association and many more.

Preserved representations as building decoration

coat of arms	place	annotation
	Coat of arms on the former “Zum Löwen” inn in Altheim	The Order of the Garter ( " Honi soit qui mal y pense " ) is a free ingredient.
	Organ prospectus of the Church of St. Nikolaus in Babenhausen	The coat of arms is supposed to reflect the coat of arms of Hanau-Lichtenberg, but it contains a number of errors: The rafters are rotated by 180 °, the middle field was never white and the colors of the bars at the bottom left are red and white.
	Alliance coat of arms on the portal of the office building in Hanau	The (heraldic) right coat of arms is the Hanauer and shows the rafters
	Coat of arms in the roof gable of the Neustadt town hall, Hanau

literature

Hans-Peter Lachmann: Seal of the Lords and Counts of Hanau. In: Eckhard Meise (Ed.): 675 years old town Hanau. Festschrift for the city anniversary and catalog for the exhibition in the Historical Museum of Hanau am Main. Peters, Hanau 1978, ISBN 3-87627-242-4 , pp. 141-149.
Alfred Matt: Les Armoiries . In: Société d'Histoire et d'Archaeologie de Saverne et Environs (ed.): Cinquième centenaire de la création du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg 1480 - 1980 = Pays d'Alsace 111/112 (2, 3/1980), p 59-62.
Eckhard Meise: The coats of arms of the united cities of Hanau. In: New Magazine for Hanau History 2005, pp. 41–77.

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